Join us starting Friday for the Los Angeles theatrical release of 500 YEARS, July 28th through Thursday, Aug. 3rd, at the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica and the Laemmle Playhouse 7 in Pasadena. Q&As with Director Pamela Yates will take place on Friday 7/28 and Sunday 7/30 at the 7:10PM show in Santa Monica and Saturday 7/29 at the 7:00PM show in Pasadena.

Laemmle will also offer a special screening over the weekend of the the Guatemalan trilogy— The Resistance Saga with “When the Mountains Tremble” at 11:20AM, “Granito: How to Nail a Dictator” at 11:00AM, and 500 YEARS at 10:45AM. The filmmakers will be at the Santa Monica location on Saturday and Pasadena on Sunday to introduce each film and hold a joint Q&A after the 500 YEARS screenings.

There will be a Q&A with director Pamela Yates after the 7:35 PM screenings Wednesday the 12th through Saturday the 15th. On Sunday, IFC will host a special screening of the Resistance Saga, and the Q&A with director will take place after the 5:05 PM screening.

Screening is co-presented by Facing History and Ourselves and is followed by a conversation with director Pamela Yates, subject Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj, and Marc Skvirsky of Facing History and Ourselves.